Bell · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3038378
sold
EUR 800
Size
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14.0 inch
Description
iron, brass, handle in shape of a flat janiform head, min. dam., traces of corrosions, base;
such bells were used for ritual purposes, probably to get into contact with the ancestors.
The object Bell with the object ID 3038378 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 325 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Publications
Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 224, ill. III/3.13